Pleasance Islington Announces Their February – March 2010 Listings

The Pleasance Theatre Islington has been one of the most exciting Fringe theatres in London since it opened its doors in 1995, providing a launch pad for some of the most memorable productions and most renowned practitioners of the past decade and staying true to its mission of providing a platform for the talent of the future.

The building that is now the Pleasance Theatre Islington was once the timber store for the London Omnibus Company and several original features (including a huge winch by the entrance!) remain to this day. More recently the building was home to the internationally renowned Circus Space School. The theatre was designed by Pleasance founder Christopher Richardson and the conversion was completed in May 1996 with the help of one of London's first Lottery grants and a great deal of private support. In October 2003 the company office was moved upstairs and in its place the StageSpace was created - a versatile Studio Theatre built to aid the development of new work and new ideas.

Pleasance Islington Listings February - March 2010

Lost Soul Music
Musical Plays
White Rose Theatre
Tuesday 23 February - Sunday 14 March
Chase away the winter blues with six deliciously different tales of dalliance and damnation from White Rose Theatre, creators of satirical smash TONY!
Tickets: £12 (£10) See all three double bills for £30 (£25)

Chris Cox : Mind Over Patter
Comedy
Monday 8 - Sunday 14 March 8pm
The award winning, Edinburgh Fringe sell out and self proclaimed mind reader who can't read minds.

Chris Cox will perform his 2009 Edinburgh show Mind Over Patter, a selection of previously unseen feats to frazzle your brains. Off the back of a successful UK tour Chris Cox will astound, astonish and make you say the ‘wow' word with his mongrel hybrid mix of mind reading related nonsense.
Tickets: £9.50 (£8.50)

I'll Always Think of You That Way
Comedy Play
Mackenzie & McGuire
Monday 15 - Sunday 21 March, 8pm
Alison loves cake, and needs to get over it. Savannah lives part-time in Sunnydale Rehabilitation Retreat, full-time in her head. They meet somewhere in between.

Tickets: £8 (£7)

Cloud Dance Festival: Trouble and Desire
Dance
Friday 26 - Sunday 28 March 7.30pm
Cloud Dance Festival returns with its first festival of the year, bringing you a fresh selection of new, exciting, intriguing and quirky contemporary dance, with a few special guests.
Tickets: £12 (£8)

Crash Test Comedy
Comedy
Thursday 18 March 8pm
Idiots of Ants host this once a month sketch, stand-up, music and character comedy night where the best acts on the London circuit 'Crash Test' their most recent material.
Acts are announced nearer the time, but previous acts have included Stephen Merchant, Pappy's Fun Club, The Penny Dreadfuls, Josie Long and many more.

'Quite simply the best sketch and character comedy night in town' (Time Out).

Tickets: £6

Andy & Mike's Big Box of Bananas
Kid's Comedy
Saturday 20 March, Saturday 3 April & Saturday 10 April 11am & 2.30pm
CBeebies Presenter Andy Day and long-term comedy partner Mike james brings his much loved humour to this high energy, fast-paced children's comedy. In a production aimed at 4-11 year olds (and their entire families!!),
Andy & Mike create the hilarious, slap-stick and chaotic 'ANDY & MIKE'S' Big Box of Bananas! In this duo's 'fun pad' appears a magical and mysterious box. Unable to open the box, the boys make it their mission to find out what's inside, and go on the adventure of their life, taking worldly guidance from the suave, sophisticated and altogether modest narrator.
A colourful journey ensues' taking the 'house-sitters' every step of the way! The audience, who become house-sitters in Andy & Mike's very own 'fun pad', meet confused pirates, musical sea life, silent movie types And extravagant all-singing all-dancing air stewards'!

Tickets: £6

Cloud Dance Festival: Trouble and Desire
Dance
Friday 26 - Sunday 28 March 7.30pm
Cloud Dance Festival returns with its first festival of the year, bringing you a fresh selection of new, exciting, intriguing and quirky contemporary dance, with a few special guests.
Tickets: £12 (£8)

Kevin Bridges
Comedy
Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 March 8pm
Kevin's delightfully well observed debut show reveals his innermost thoughts on a variety of topics from his homeland of Scotland to the world beyond. His unique brand of social commentary, astute observations and sharp one-liners arguably make him the hottest act to come out of Scotland in the last ten years.
Tickets: £6

Idiots of Ants: New Material
Comedy
Monday 29 & Tuesday 30 March 8pm
The Idiots return to their spiritual home to perform a plethora of brand-new sketches. It's simply too early to guess what the sketches will be about but rest assured that some of them might be quite good. However, others will never be seen again... but that's what makes new material nights so exciting!

Join Idiots of Ants and guests (To be announced!) on the road to Edinburgh.

Tickets: £6

Is That a Bolt in Your Neck?
Comedy play
Gonzo Moose
Tuesday 11 May - Sunday 16 May 7.30pm (Sunday 16 May 5pm)
Total Theatre Award nominees, Gonzo Moose present this spoof gothic horror where three fearless and daring actors play over 20 roles in a gripping and fast paced comedy with horrific experiments, mind-boggling love, and a sensational death-defying finale.
Tickets: £7 (£6)

Tales of the Country
Play
Pentabus Theatre
Tuesday 11 May - Sunday 16 May 7.30pm (Sunday 16 May 5pm)
The award winning Pentabus Theatre tell the story of Brian Viner and his family as they move from a terraced house in Crouch End to a rambling grange in rural Herefordshire.
Tickets: £10 (£9)